Yanashallash Explained

Yanashallash
Elevation M:4600
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Wallanka
Location:Peru, Ancash Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-9.85°N -77.0881°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]

Yanashallash, Yanashalla, or Yanashayash (in the regional Quechua spellings, yana black, salla large cliff of gravel; bride, girlfriend, lover, aya corpse, "black cliff of gravel", "black bride" or "black corpse") is a mountain in the north of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4600m (15,100feet) high.

Yanashallash or Yanashayash is also the name of the mountain pass at 4600m (15,100feet) at the mountain. It connects the towns of Chiquián and Huallanca. The mountain and the pass are located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
  2. Web site: Cerro Yanash Allash. . IGN, Peru. March 2, 2015.